Low-pressure EGR system with turbo bypass

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11236664-B2
Application number	US-201916975909-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 28, 2019
Priority date	Feb 28, 2018
Publication date	Feb 1, 2022
Grant date	Feb 1, 2022

Abstract

The disclosure relates to an exhaust gas conduction system for a gasoline engine, comprising an exhaust gas line which can be connected to an exhaust manifold of the gasoline engine, an intake line which can be connected to an intake manifold of the gasoline engine, a charge air compressor which is arranged in the intake line, and a turbine which is arranged in the exhaust gas line. The exhaust gas line has at least one bypass line with a bypass throttle valve, said line branching off from the exhaust gas line upstream of the turbine and branching back into the exhaust gas line at an opening downstream of the turbine. At least one exhaust gas recirculation line with an EGR throttle valve is provided, said line opening into the intake line, wherein the exhaust gas recirculation line branches off from the bypass line at a branch, and the bypass throttle valve is arranged upstream of the branch of the exhaust gas recirculation line. At least one particle filter is arranged in the bypass line downstream of the branch of the exhaust gas recirculation line, and an exhaust gas valve is provided in the exhaust gas line upstream of the opening of the bypass line.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An exhaust gas conduction system for a gasoline engine comprising an exhaust gas line which can be connected to an exhaust manifold of the gasoline engine, an intake line which can be connected to an intake manifold of the gasoline engine, and comprising a charge air compressor, which is arranged in the intake line, and a turbine, which is arranged in the exhaust gas line, wherein the exhaust gas line has at least one bypass line with a bypass throttle valve, said line branching off from the exhaust gas line upstream of the turbine and branching back into the exhaust gas line at an opening downstream of the turbine, and wherein at least one exhaust gas recirculation line with an EGR throttle valve is provided, said recirculation line opening into the intake line, wherein the exhaust gas recirculation line branches off from the bypass line at a branch, wherein the bypass throttle valve is arranged upstream of the branch of the exhaust gas recirculation line, and wherein an exhaust gas valve is provided in the exhaust gas line upstream of the opening of the bypass line,
wherein
at least one particle filter is arranged in the bypass line downstream of the branch of the exhaust gas recirculation line, wherein an exhaust gas diversion is provided, which branches off at a split downstream of the particle filter and before the opening and which branches back into the exhaust gas line downstream of a 3-way catalytic converter and/or downstream of the particle filter.

2. The exhaust gas conduction system according to claim 1 ,
wherein
the at least one particle filter has a catalytically active 3-way coating for converting CO, HC and NOx.

3. The exhaust gas conduction system according to claim 1 ,
wherein
a cooler is provided within the exhaust gas recirculation line upstream of the EGR throttle valve.

4. The exhaust gas conduction system according to claim 1 ,
wherein
a 3-way exhaust gas catalytic converter and/or a particle filter is provided in the exhaust gas line downstream of the opening of the bypass line.

5. The exhaust gas conduction system according to claim 1 ,
wherein
downstream of the particle filter and upstream of the opening, the bypass line is free of exhaust gas valves or exhaust gas flaps, or that only one bypass valve is provided in the bypass line downstream of the particle filter and upstream of the opening.

6. The exhaust gas conduction system according to claim 1 ,
wherein
the bypass line is free of connection lines to the exhaust gas line upstream of the particle filter or upstream of the branch of the exhaust gas recirculation line.

7. The exhaust gas conduction system according to claim 1 ,
wherein
a charge air recirculation line is provided, which has a branch downstream of a charge air cooler and an opening between an EGR cooler and the EGR-throttle valve.

8. The exhaust gas conduction system according to claim 1 ,
wherein at least one first diversion valve is positioned between the split and the opening.

9. The exhaust gas conduction system according to claim 8 ,
wherein
a diversion section is provided, which branches off between the branch and the first diversion valve and which branches back downstream of the particle filter, wherein a second diversion valve is provided in the diversion section.

10. An exhaust gas system and/or gasoline engine comprising an exhaust gas conduction system according to claim 1 .

11. A method for operating a gasoline engine comprising an exhaust gas conduction system or an exhaust gas system according to claim 1 ,
wherein
a) when the gasoline engine is in cold starting mode, the bypass throttle valve is open and the EGR throttle valve and the exhaust gas valve are closed, so that the exhaust gas flow is guided past the turbine through the bypass line and the particle filter,
b) when the gasoline engine is in partial load mode, the bypass throttle valve is closed and the exhaust gas valve is open, wherein depending on the operating point of the engine, an exhaust gas mass flow is adjusted within the exhaust gas recirculation line via the EGR throttle valve,
c) when the gasoline engine is in full load mode or at least close to full load mode, the EGR throttle valve is closed and the exhaust gas valve is open, wherein depending on the operating point of the engine, an exhaust gas mass flow is adjusted within the bypass line via the bypass throttle valve.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein
charge air is introduced into the exhaust gas line via a charge air recirculation line and the EGR line and the particle filter to regenerate the particle filter.

13. The exhaust gas conduction system according to claim 1 , wherein the bypass line is at least partly provided upstream of the exhaust gas recirculation line.

14. An exhaust gas conduction system for a gasoline engine comprising an exhaust gas line which can be connected to an exhaust manifold of the gasoline engine, an intake line which can be connected to an intake manifold of the gasoline engine, and comprising a charge aft compressor, which is arranged in the intake line, and a turbine, which is arranged in the exhaust gas line, wherein the exhaust gas line has at least one bypass line with a bypass throttle valve, said line branching off from the exhaust gas line upstream of the turbine and branching back into the exhaust gas line at an opening downstream of the turbine, and wherein at least one exhaust gas recirculation line with an ERR throttle valve is provided, said recirculation line opening into the intake line, wherein the exhaust gas recirculation line branches off from the bypass line at a branch, wherein the bypass throttle valve is arranged upstream of the branch of the exhaust gas recirculation line, and wherein an exhaust gas valve is provided in the exhaust gas line upstream of the opening of the bypass line, wherein at least one particle filter is arranged in the bypass line downstream of the branch of the exhaust gas recirculation line, and wherein an exhaust gas diversion is provided, which branches off at a split downstream of the particle filter and before the opening, the exhaust gas diversion comprising at least one first diversion valve which is positioned between the split and the opening.

Assignees

• Tenneco Gmbh

Inventors

• Kreutziger Philipp
• Fischer Michael
• Kierat Jaroslaw

Classifications

• F02M26/42

  having two or more EGR passages; EGR systems specially adapted for engines having two or more cylinders · CPC title

• F01N3/021

  by means of filters · CPC title

• F02B37/18 Primary

  by bypassing exhaust {from the inlet to the outlet of turbine or to the atmosphere} · CPC title

• F02M26/05

  High pressure loops, i.e. wherein recirculated exhaust gas is taken out from the exhaust system upstream of the turbine and reintroduced into the intake system downstream of the compressor · CPC title

• F02M26/07

  Mixed pressure loops, i.e. wherein recirculated exhaust gas is either taken out upstream of the turbine and reintroduced upstream of the compressor, or is taken out downstream of the turbine and reintroduced downstream of the compressor · CPC title